Tag: SIFA
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden – Freezing my place in Swedish (for economists and lawyers) class
Regardless of one’s best-laid plans, life often gets in the way. And in a good way I find myself too busy with projects right now to devote 30 hours a week (minimum) to Swedish class and homework. It was really very nice when my Swedish teacher told me that I could “freeze” my place in…
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden – Passing Swedish for Immigrants exam and on to the next level
What a relief to learn that I passed the test for the highest level of the Swedish for Immigrants course. It is a free course that all expats can take. Some are better than others and I am in the Stockholm Intensive for Academics program, where you have one chance to pass your exams or…
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series – Swedish Midieval Museum
On Tuesday I found out something really nice, actually better than nice. I had been staying positive about being moved, with a group of students, to another section in Swedish class. There were so many new students that came into the Stockholm Intensive For Academics Swedish SFEJ section of the program that a new D…
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Nice things happen to me in Sweden series- Learning Swedish
I have spent enough time in Sweden where my Swedish language skills where/are better than someone who is just off of the plane but too poor given my circumstances. So I decided to take learning Swedish seriously and happened upon the information about Swedish Intensive for Academics. In sum it is a new program in…
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